This Place is Operative in Liyari Karachi for more than 100 Years and about 4 generations of dhobs have work at the place, through the number of workers have been reduced now most of the families engaged into the business have opted for in-house Modern means of washing where they use the latest electrical apparatus for the purpose.
Dhobi Ghat at Liyari
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On the Entrance of DHOBI ghat i met with a Washer Man his name was Aslam Rajput, i asked him some questions, I asked him that how long have been you working here? he replied that from my childhood I have been working here. I asked him that how many children do you have and what they are doing? do you thing this place is good for you children? He answered that I have four children, they all are the students and studying, I want them as well educated person as I am working here and this is very hard word I don't want that my children wast their time here. I asked him do you have any problem of security and any issue here? he replied that we don't have any problem like this but when there is Season of Rain we faced many problems and our work get stop because we can't do work in the rain and then at the end he said that BETA you can freely travel here and can take pictures freely no one will stop you here. I said him thank you and move forward.
Then i met with a very energetic and young person people called him BHAO BHAI, I asked him for water him told me come and sit with me I drunk a glass for water there and started conversation with them, there I saw a donkey which was very danger they bound the donkey with rope through his neck and his legs also because he was the racer that donkey will be going to participate in their race competition, I asked the BHAO bhai that is this your favorite game? he answered that he likes to take part in the Donkey race and he won so many tournament of Donkey races.
what you give for eating to that special donkey which is going to take part in the donkey race? he replied we gave them a special food like, Dry Fruits and we also put them Drips and Injection for well build before the Donkey race, Every Sunday we have a race at Mai Colachi Baipass and many people form Liyari Take part in these types of Races.
BHAO bhai said I also working here in the Dhobi Ghat and from my Early childhood he was working here and he came form Jacobabad, now he is in Liyari working their.
after meeting with BHAO bhai I saw an old man washing clothes with his hands and I went to him and say salam and then started talking with him i asked question that BABA you don't have any Washing machine for these clothes he replied that BETA these are fancy clothes so thats why i am washing these by hand.
then I saw a young boy who's hanging clothes their I went and met with him asked him that why you are working here? how many Siblings do you and what they are doing? he replied that I didn't study so I started working with my father and my other siblings studying and working in the offices, he also quoted that "when someone have no education just they wanted to work here because its very hard work no one can do this work".
I asked him a question that why are you not studying? he replied my father couldn't support my fee at that time so I left the studies and started working here, but when I will get married, I will provide higher education to my children.
so meeting with many washer men (Dhobi) I realized that the life of Washer man is very difficult and its very hard. Mostly Washer Man was working form their childhood their. Mostly, Washer -men have very fixed life they collect soiled clothes from various areas and homes, wash the clothes, get them dried, iron the clothes and finally return the clothes and collect they payments. and they spend their whole life there.
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